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In an awkward atmosphere, Zhang Zuo had a "friendly and cordial" exchange with the people from the Imperial Academy.

He himself was very uncomfortable.

I always feel that I am sitting there while Zhu Haoli is watching, it is too rude.

He was born as a eunuch, and he was a waiter in Xing Wang's mansion. He knows how to deal with situations. The most important thing is not to cause trouble for himself, but now he knows that offending Zhu Hao, the emperor's former favorite, is not a good thing, but he is still here. Sitting, I don't know how to get along with each other in the future...

Another thought.

Forget it, I still don't want to cause trouble for myself, it's safest to leave early.

When Zhang Zuo got up to say goodbye, everyone saw him off.

Zhang Zuo smiled and said to Zhu Hao: "Zhu Hanlin, you did a good job yesterday in the daily lecture. If you have more time, go talk to His Majesty about the open source matter. Let's go!"

After hearing this, all Hanlin looked at each other in blank dismay.

What do you mean?
Zhu Hao is so rude, Zhang Zuo, who is the official supervisor, doesn't care?
Hey, this Eunuch Zhang's city mansion is very deep!

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Zhang Zuo left, and the Imperial Academy soon dispersed, each going back to their offices, but Zhu Hao was left behind by Liu Chun.

Liu Chundao: "Bang Yan approached me and mentioned to me your performance in the palace, which can be said to be quite disrespectful, but the old man knows that this is...you are forced to do this by Yuxiu, right?"

Hearing this, Zhu Hao couldn't help being surprised.

Or how can I say that Liu Chun appreciates him?It was obvious that he was talking nonsense in Japanese speeches, which was out of style, but Liu Chun found a reasonable reason for him to disassociate himself from it!
"This……"

Zhu Hao was a little embarrassed.

Did Yang Shen force him to do this?
Indirectly speaking, yes, Yang Shensai gave him the lecture notes, asking him to talk about those deviant contents, but later he played on the spot and talked about some ideas that are not recognized by Confucianism.

Liu Chun said helplessly: "The old man has been in the court for many years, but he has already seen it. Nowadays, there are many factions among civil servants. The most difficult thing to avoid for an official is the one that is against the dissidents...Although they all say that my Ming government is clean and the officials are clean, but This gang formation has been difficult to eradicate since ancient times.”

"Um."

Zhu Hao nodded.

There's nothing wrong with that.

You left me here to talk, isn't the essence of pulling me to your faction?Teachers and students, classmates, township party, year friendship... which one is not a way to form a party?

"However, I think there is nothing wrong with what you said. People should be more realistic after all. The imperial court can't always use righteousness to win people's hearts, forbidding them to gain benefits, and not punishing them. How can they use kindness and power to win people's hearts? But there is always That rotten Confucian thinks that he understands the principles of governing the country because he knows the scriptures? Absurd!"

Liu Chun's casual thoughts surprised Zhu Hao again.

As far as Zhu Hao knew, Liu Chunnai was a stubborn old scholar in the Hanlin Academy in the past, how could he become more open-minded now?

Is it because after returning from the dead, he began to reflect on what he had learned in his life, and after an epiphany, he transcended the mundane?

Or is it because Zhu Hao said these words, and Liu Chun admired him very much, and even chose to accept these words that sounded contrary to Confucian etiquette?

Zhu Hao cupped his hands and expressed his thanks.

In any case, it is not easy for Liu Chun to support him. …

Because Liu Chun represents the pinnacle achievement of Ming literati, and the head of the Imperial Academy can give a qualitative name with just a word. With his appreciation, even if outsiders have many criticisms of Zhu Hao's theory Just relying on Liu Chun's words alone, Zhu Hao can stand tall in the Confucian school.

"Go back to work. Recently, your father-in-law...Sun Zhitong and I often meet. When we talk about you occasionally, we think that you are a promising talent. If you work hard for the court in the future, you must have a bright future."

There was a sense of appreciation in Liu Chun's eyes, as if he really treated Zhu Hao as his nephew.

Zhu Hao was wondering, did Sun Jiao appreciate him so much now?Praise him in front of Liu Chun?

Then...why do you
In front of him, old man Sun always seemed so unkind?
Could it be because of me, Zhu Hao, that Sun Jiao and Liu Chun became close friends?
It's a bit absurd to say it, it's hard to believe.

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The matter of Zhu Hao contradicting Zhang Zuo with words in the Imperial Academy soon became a hot topic that everyone in the Imperial Academy was eagerly discussing.

Zhu Hao didn't expect that he would become a man of the Imperial Academy so soon because he said a lot of outrageous things in his daily lectures, but he was not as good as Zhang Zuo saying a few words.

Zhu Hao knew that his rhetoric in the palace should be suppressed by Liu Chun.

As a Hanlin bachelor at the same level as Liu Chunping, Shi Pang has been a minister of the Ministry of Officials for several months. It is reasonable to say that Shi Ping's status is higher than Liu Chun, but after all Liu Chun is the head of the Imperial Academy. With him, Shi Ping has no choice but to To save face, so what Zhu Hao said in the palace, his colleagues didn't know.

Many people even thought that the emperor would send Zhang Zuo, the supervisor of ceremonies, to come to the Imperial Academy to present awards because Zhu Hao had said some awesome scriptures in front of the emperor, and they didn't even care about Zhu Hao's rebuttal.

When Zhu Hao saw Zhang Zuo again in the afternoon, he said sorry first.

Zhang Zuo shook his head and smiled wryly: "Mr. Zhu really upset our family. At that time, he was just pretending to be in front of people. How could our family be ignorant? As long as Mr. Zhu is not in trouble... In fact, His Majesty let you enter the palace." Our family thinks that it may be a little too hasty, but our family admires how well Mr. can handle it.”

Not to mention that Zhang Zuo judged the situation and knew that he could not afford to offend Zhu Hao, so he had to bow his head. Moreover, he really admired Zhu Hao from the bottom of his heart.

Now the relationship between Zhang Zuo and Zhu Hao is extremely harmonious.

"Mr. Zhu, there is something today that involves the dispatch of money and food in the Northwest. His Majesty asked our family to meet Mr. Sun's Ministry Hall, and specifically asked us to inquire about the situation in secret. Look..."

Zhang Zuo looked embarrassed.

It means I have a difficult errand, can you help me out?
Zhu Hao said: "Since His Majesty commissioned it, it's not easy for me to show up?"

"Where, where."

Zhang Zuo smiled, "What your majesty means is to obey your order, that's it...the Buxuan mansion has reported that there is a shortage of money and food this year, which is equivalent to about one hundred thousand taels of silver. What your majesty thinks is that we can't always keep this money by ourselves. It is best to let the Ministry of Households arrange it, and not let the courtiers know, so it is necessary to communicate with Mr. Sun in private. In fact, what your Majesty means is that you don’t want Mr. Zhu to worry about money and food anymore.”…

Zhu Hao nodded, he could understand Zhu Si's situation.

After becoming the emperor, the most difficult thing is that everyone reaches out to ask him for money. In fact, there are too many places where the court is short-lived.

Daming's finances rely too much on agricultural taxes, plus a little salt tax or commercial tax, the final result is... Even if the weather is good everywhere, the borders are stable, and the rivers do not need to be repaired, Daming's finances are still sufficient.

Once natural and man-made disasters occur in the local area, or the court has additional expenditures, the treasury will be tight, and the result will inevitably be a deficit.

It can be filled once or twice with future salt tax and other items. As a result, this deficit will accumulate more and more, and it will become extremely difficult when it is necessary to make up for it. No, it has been several years in arrears, and the official salary has also been in arrears for several months...

"Let's go, I'll accompany you to talk to Mr. Sun." Zhu Hao said.

Zhang Zuo said, "I'm not afraid of Mr. Sun..."

What he means is that I can go, and you go, aren't you afraid that old man Sun will find out about our relationship?
Zhu Hao smiled and said, "When you are Mr. Sun, he doesn't know anything? Just don't tell the truth."

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Sun House.

When Sun Jiao learned that Zhang Zuo came to visit after dark, he felt that there was nothing good to do, so he hurried out to welcome Zhu Hao and Zhang Zuo together, his expression was slightly abnormal, and he returned to normal immediately.

As Zhu Hao expected, Sun Jiao's position towards Zhu Hao had been clear for a long time. He knew that Zhu Hao was a member of the new emperor, but he didn't quite know Zhu Hao's role in the new emperor's faction.
What kind of role did you play.

Before, he might have thought that Zhu Hao was a consultant, helping the emperor to make suggestions, such as opening mines, collecting mining taxes, etc., but he had a vague feeling that Zhu Hao's identity might not be that simple.

The main hall of the Sun Mansion.

After the three of them sat down, Zhang Zuo explained the purpose of their visit.

Sun Jiao kept looking at Zhu Hao, obviously he wanted to ask Zhang Zuo, what is the meaning of bringing Zhu Hao here?
"...Mr. Sun, do you think the shortage of money and food in the Xuan Mansion, what method should be used to fill it? According to the previous operation, it is to open more salt. This year, it is said that the official salt production of each salt farm will still increase. Look..."

Zhang Zuo paused in the middle of speaking, he found that Sun Jiao's eyes fell on Zhu Hao who was beside him, he was in a trance, and he didn't listen to him seriously at all.

Zhu Hao reminded with a smile: "Old Sun, Eunuch Zhang is asking you something."

"Oh."

Sun Jiao took his mind off and looked back at Zhang Zuo, "Zhu Hao...Eunuch Zhang, actually what I mean is to allocate a batch of money to each of Sanbian and Xuanda on the basis of summer grain, maybe it will not reach [-] Two, but each with sixty to seventy thousand taels should be fine."

Sun Jiao is more experienced.

As the Minister of the Household Department, he usually laughs and laughs, but he is an experienced veteran who knows how to save and pick money.

Now I can add a balance of more than one hundred thousand taels of silver to the main item.

Originally, hundreds of thousands of taels were sent to the Xuanfu, which not only made up the gap, but was more than enough.

But Sun Jiao is scheming, he is reminding Zhang Zuo that we can't just make up for Xuanfu and ignore the three sides of Yansui, even though now we all know that the new emperor's goal is to buy people's hearts in Xuanfu, Datong, and Piantouguan, and take military power. Take it back, but is it really good to openly "play favoritism"?
In order not to be dismissed by Yang Tinghe and others on the proposal of the Ministry of Households to allocate money and food, the three sides and Xuanda must allocate money together.

Zhang Zuo smiled brightly: "Mr. Sun is in the court, so it really saves a lot of energy. Earlier, our family said that the money in the court was always not enough. By the way, didn't it mean that the south was hit by a disaster?"

"The south is Nanhu's business. This old man only cares about the north. There is no big problem... Nanhu has Huang Gongxian here. His ability to raise money and food is much better than this old man. Don't worry about him!"

Sun Jiao's words were actually self-deprecating.

My grandson Jiao is a little capable, but compared to Huang Zan, it pales in comparison.

What level are they?
It's not throttling, it's not even open source... It's simply generating money out of thin air, and I can't resist this ability.